Bottle-labeling machine.



J. J. GAYNOR.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1915.

Patented June 27,1916.

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J. J. GAYNOR.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 20. 1915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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J. J. GAYNOR.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1915.

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J. J. GAYNOR. BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

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BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLHCATION FILED OCT. 20. 1915.

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JOHN J. GAYNOR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

Application filed October 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN J. GAYNOR, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Label ing Machines, and do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bottle labeling machines and has for its object to provide a device of this class for the purpose of affixing one or more labels to bottles successively at a high rate of speed, and to deliver the labeled bottles from the machine.

With this object in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the bottle carrying devices.

The invention further consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the label carryin and affixing devices.

The invention further consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts for controlling by the bottles in the bottle carriers the position of the label carrying devices with respect to the label boxes.

The invention further consists in certain other novel details of construction and combinations of parts, all of which will be first fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a. top plan view of a bottle labeling machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the coni 'eyer side thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the opposite side thereof. Fig. 4 is a front end elevation. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating certain positions of the bottle carrying devices and label carrying devices. Fig. 6 is a similar view i llustrating the same parts in different positions. 7 is a similar view illustrating the same parts in different positions. Fig. 8 is a dia grammatic view illustrating the path of movement of the label carrying dev ces with respect to the label boxes; Fig. 9 1s a diagrammatic view illustrating the several positions assumed by each label carrier with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Serial No. 56,960.

respect to the label boxes. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary elevation of the two label carriers illustrating the manner of mounting the same and also illustrating the same with relation to the paste feed roller and label boxes. Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view illus trating the two positions assumed by the bottle carriers. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of one of the label affixing fingers and Fig. 13 is a fragmentary elevation illustrating one of the label carriers and one of the label ailixing fingers.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures in which:

1 indicates the bottle labeling machine which in the preferred embodiment comprises a drive pulley 2 mounted as shown on a shaft 3 to which is keyed a bevel pinion 4 meshing with a bevel gear 5 on a vertical axis. Keyed to the shaft of said gear 5 is a spur pinion 6 meshing with a spur pinion 7 and an idler spur gear 8, which in turn meshes with the large driven gear 9. The spur pinion 7 drives a large chain sprocket 10, while the large gear 9 meshes with a gear 11 of the ratio of two to one. Fast to the shaft 12 of the large gear 9 is a belt drum 13 driving a belt 14: which passes over idler pulleys to the belt pulley 15 on .a horizontal shaft 16 on which is mounted the driving conveyer drum 17. This mechanism completes the gearing and it will be noted that the same is located above the bottle labeling devices, so as to be remote therefrom and out of the way of fragments of glass and also of the contents of the bottles should breakage occur during the process of labeling.

18 indicates the frame of the machine in which the main vertical shaft 12 is mounted, said shaft centering a circular disk or plate 19 rigidly held against rotation by a bracket 19 beyond which disk extends a larger disk 20 keyed to the shaft 12 upon which disk 20 are pivotally mounted at 21 the arms 22 of the bottle carriers 23, each bottle carrier 23 comprising a vertical post 24:, a lowerbottle supporting platform 25 and an upper bottle neck supporting member 26. To one side of the pivot 21 of each arm 22 is a roller 27 normally acting on the periphery of the stationary disk 19. Secured partially around the periphery of the stationary disk 19 is a rail 28 in the path of rotation of the rollers 21 about the central shaft 12. Extending beyond the movable disk 20 are the substantially radial arms 29 of the label'affixing fingers 30, said arms while being rigidly secured at their inner ends are slightly resilient so as to cause the fingers 30 to more perfectly conform to the bottles in the bottle holders 23 as will be presently apparent. Each label affixing finger 30 is pivoted at 31 to its arm 29 and comprises a light leaf spring 32 so as to normally hold the finger 30 in a vertical position, the bottle engaging ends 33 and 3% of each finger being covered with rubber or like material so to insure. a resilient yet positive engage ment with the bottles.

Referring now to the conveyer 35, the same comprises thedriving and the driven drums 17 and 36, over which a continuous belt or apron 37 passes, said conveyer in effect being divided into a feeding conveyer and a delivery conveyer. The feeding portion of the conveyer 35 has adjacent the belt or apron 37 an inner longitudinal bottle guiding rail 38 which merges into the curved bottle guide rail 39, and has also an outer longitudinal rail 10 which partially encompasses the star feed wheel d1, said wheel 11 being mounted above the belt 37 and provided with preferably six pockets 42, each to receive a bottle and to deflect the same from the belt 37 to the bottle carrying devices 23 successively, it being understood that the star wheel 41 is mounted on a shaft 13 driven by the spur gear 11. The delivery portion of the conveyor 35 includes an inner longitudinal bottle guiding rail 14 and an outer longitudinal rail 45 having its innermost end 46 curved inwardly across the belt 37 to receive the bottles from the bottle carriers 23. It will thus be understood that the same belt or apron 37 is employed to feed the bottles to the machine and to receive the bottles delivered therefrom.

Referring now to the bottle carrying-devices 23, the same rotate with the shaft 18 and successively receive bottles from the feed star wheel 41 in the manner as shown in the drawings. hen receiving a bottle from the feed star wheel 41, each bottle carrier 23 is in a retarded position as more particularly shown in full lines in Fig. 11 that is to say its roller 21 is in engagement with the periphery of the stationary disk 19 thus c'ausing a considerable space to exist between the bottle carrier 23 and its bottle label affixing finger 3O. Vhen a bottle has been deposited on a bottle carrier 23 it is carried thereby between the inner curved guide rail 47 and the outer guide rail 39 until the roller 27 of its carrier 23 rides over the rail 28 on the periphery of the stationarydisk 19. This causes the arm 22 of the carrier 23 to swing on its pivot 21 and progresses the bottle and its carrier into with a resilient retarding member 49 ar- 7 ranged in the path of rotation of the bottle which causes the bottle carrier 23 to swing on its pivot 21 to carry its bottle out of engagement with its label affixing finger and to simultaneously deflect the bottle from its carrier onto the conveyer belt 37. Y

Having thusdescribed the movements of the bottle carrying devices, the label carrying devices will now be described. The spur pinion 8 is mounted on the double throw crank shaft 50 upon which is formed an upper crank 51 and a lower crank 52, said cranks being set at an angle of 180 degrees. Connected to the upper crank 51 is an arm 53 which is pivoted to a link 5% itself pivoted at 55 to a horizontally extended bracket 56. The arm 53 has alat eral extension 57 for immediate connection with the crank 51, and formed on saidextension 57 isa longitudinal stop member 58. Pivotecl to the inner end of the arm 53 at 59 is the label carrier arm proper 60 which is further connected to the arm 53 by a coil spring 61, a stop 62 .being provided on the label carrier arm 60 for engagement with the end of the longitudinal stop member 58, so that the normal relative position of the label carrier arm 60 with relation to the arm 53 is substantially degrees, the label carrier arm 60 being normally retained in the position by the action of'the spring 61, and the stop members 58 and 62. Connected to the lower crank 52 is a duplicate arm 53 scribed. Upon rotation of the-crank shaft '50 the pivotal points 59 of the label carrier arms 60 and 63 follow each other in an orbit and successively pass through positions illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. 'Mounted on the label carrier-arms 60 and 63 (Fig. 10) are the label carriers 64; and 65, the former depending vertically from, the upper carrier arInGO, the latter upstanding vertically from the lower carrier arm 63 thus allowing said carriers 64 and 65 to pass each other in opposite directions as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 10. Eachof the label 'ca'rriersfit and 65 has an elongated pivoted to a duplicate link 5% itself pivoted 1110.

vertical opening 66 therein and a relatively narrow transverse opening 67 connecting the inner edge 68 of each carrier with its vertical wntral opening 66, so that the label aflixing fingers 30 and their horizontal supporting arms 29 may pass freely through the label carriers 6a and in the manner as shown in Fig. 18 and as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Referring more particularly to the movements of the label carriers 64 and 65 and their cooperation with the bottle carrying devices and label afiixing fingers, reference is made to the drawings and particularly to the diagrammatic Figs. 8 and 9. Assuming the first position of the upper label carrier 6a to be that of receiving its paste from the paste feed roller 69 as shown in Fig. 6, and diagrammatically in Fig. 8, said carrier moves in the direction of the arrow A. to

the position indicated by B in Fig. 8. The

direction of movement is then substantially reversed and is in the direction of the arrow C, the carrier continuing in that direction until it reaches the label boxes 70 as indicated in dotted lines at D. The carrier having paste thereon causes a label or labels to adhere thereto and then moves in the direction of the arrow E and continues with its label or labels in the direction of the arrows through the position indicated at F to the position indicated at G at which position it is about to be stripped of its label or labels by one of the label aflixing fingers 30, as will be presently described. The dotted lines in Fig. 8 indicate the path of movement of the two carriers 64 and 65. vVhile one carrier is in position indicated by G, the other carrier is in position indicated by B as will also be seen from Fig. 5, and when one carrier moves around into position indicated by H, the other carrier has moved into position indicated by I. When one carrier is taking its paste on its way to the label box, the other carrier is in position indicated by F and is moving in the opposite direction to deposit its label or labels.

The movement oi the label carriers 6% and 65 from the position indicated at B (Fig. 8) to the position indicated at D is accomplished in the following manner, reference being had to Fig. 9 and also to Figs. 3 and 7. In Fig. 3, 71 and 72 indicate the upper and lower pivoted links normally maintained in vertical positions by coil springs 7 3. At the free ends of said links there are adjustable transverse pins 74. Upstanding from the upper label carrier arm 60 is a stop 75, and depending from the lower label carrier arm 68 is a similar stop 76. As the said arms 60 and 63 successively reach the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 9 the stops 75 and 76 thereon successively engage the pins 74:. Further movement of the pivotal points 59 from position shown in full lines in Fig. 9

point 59 causes the stop 75 to pass over the L end of the pin 7i and out of contact therewith, whereupon the carrier arms successively assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9 which is position H in Fig.

8 and also the position shown in Fig. 5.

When however there is no bottle in one of the bottle holders 23 to receive av label it is not desired that the label carrier pass from the position B in Fig. 8 to position D in said figure, and the mechanism just described is employed to prevent this move ment and to cause the label carrier to travel a regular orbit without picking a label from the label box.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be seen that a lever 77 is arranged on a shaft 7 8 in the path of movement of the bottles in the bottle carriers, and that an upper and a lower crank arm 79 and 80 (Fig. 2) is secured on said shaft 78, to the ends of which arms is an upper and a lower transverse link 81 and 82 (Fig. 4;) each link being connected to a pivoted stop member 83, the free end of each member being normally in engagement with the edge of each pivoted link 71 and 72. When the lever 77 is held in its normal extended position by a bottle in a bottle carrier as shown in Fig. 7, the pivoted stop members 83 hold the pivoted links 71 and 72 in their normal vertical positions,

so that the transverse pins 7a on said pivoted links will be engaged by the stops 75 and 76 (Figs. 3 and 9) on the carrier arms 60 and G3, to form fulcrums for said carrier arms and cause same to swing into position shown in broken lines in Fig. 9 and in full lines in Fig. 7 to pick a label or labels from the label box or boxes. hen however there is no bottle in one of the bottle carriers 23 and the lever 77 is consequently in position shown in Fig. 6, the pivoted stop members 83 are retracted out of contact with the pivoted links 71 and 72, and said links are therefore free to swing on their pivots under the influence of the stops 75 and 76 on the label carrier arms 60 and 63 without causing any fulcruming of said carrier arms to cause same to swing into contact with the label box to pick a label therefrom.

Having thus described the mechanism controlling the movements of the label carriers with respect to the stationary label boxes, I will now describe the cooperation between the label carriers and the bottle holding devices and the label afiixing fingers. One of the label carriers having received its label from the label box when in position shown in Fig. 7, said carrier passes into position shown in Fig. 6 and thence into position shown in Fig. 5, said label carrier with label thereon passing between a bottle in one of the bottle carriers 23 and its label aflixing finger 30 just before the roller 27 of the bottle carrier engages the rail 28. As said rail is engaged by the roller 27 it swings the bottle holder on its pivot 21 thus progressing the bottle holder and bottle and causing the bottle to approach its label afiixing finger 30. lVhile this progressive movement of the bottle is occurring, the label carrier is moving from position G (Fig. 8) to position I and at a rate of speed faster than that of the movement of the label afiixing finger 30. This overtaking movement of the label carrier relatively to the label aifixing finger 30 causes said label afiixing finger to engage the face or faces of the label or labels and pass through the elongated opening 66 in the label carrier, carrying the label or labels therethrough, and affixing same to the bottle, the relative positions of the label carrier and label afiixing finger during this operation being illustrated in Fig. 13. The label carrier being thus stripped of its label or labels, passes to the paste feed roller 69 as shown in Fig. 6 and thence into position shown in Fig. 7 to receive another label or labels, it being understood that as one of the label carriers is receiving a label from the label box, the other label carrier is being stripped of its label and a'lfixed to a bottle.

In this application I lay no claim to the specific construction of the paste feed mechanism, but prefer to employ a pivoted feed roller 69 receiving its paste from a supply roller (39 and paste box 69 said supply roller being driven by a shaft (39 and sprocket 69 from the crank shaft 50.

Any suitable stationary label box or boxes may be employed, the construction shown being preferred which employs a follower or followers 70 actuated by a weight or weights 70 passing over pulleys 70 to insure a proper and regular feeding of the labels.

Nhen the label afiixing fingers 30 have aiiixed the labels to the bottles, the same pass through the wipers 4E8 to smooth out and wipe the labels on the bottles, and are then delivered onto the conveyor belt 37 in the manner, as heretofore described.

Having thus fully describedthe invention and its operation, it is apparent to. those skilled in the art, that the machine is susceptible to changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts and I consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications as fall Within the limit and scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A bottle labeling machine including a conveyer, a rotary member, a plurality of bottle carriers pivotally. mounted on said rotary member, a roller for each of said bottle carriers, a stationary member having a varying diameter to receive said rollers on the periphery thereof to swing said bottle carriers on their pivots, a label aflixing finger for each bottle carrier including a resilient arm rigidly secured at one end, a pair of oppositely disposed cranks, an arm connected to each crank, a label carrier arm pivoted to each ofthe crank connected arms, a label carrier mounted on each of the label carrier arms for carrying a label to one of aid label afiixing fingers, a label box, means for moving said label carrier arms relatively to the crank connected arms to bring said label carriers into engagement with a label in said label box to pick the same therefrom, means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for controlling the -movement of said label carrier arms with relation to the said label box, means for applying paste to said label carriers, and means for wiping a label applied to a bottle.

2. A bottle labeling machine including a rotary member, a plurality of bottle car riers mounted thereon and movable rela tively thereto, a label aflixing finger associated with each bottle holder and including a resilient arm rigidly mounted and rotatable with said bottle carriers, a pair of label carriers for carrying labels to said label fingers to be applied thereby to bottles, means for moving said bottle carriers relatively to said labelaffixing fingers, a label box, a label carrier arm for each label carrier, a crank actuated arm to which each label carrier arm is pivoted, means for moving said label carrier arms and label carriers relatively to said crank actuated arms to cause same to pick labels from said label box, bottle controlled means for controlling the movement of said label carriers relatively to said label box, means for applying paste to the label carriers and means for Wiping a label.

3. A bottle labeling machine including a plurality.of'rotatable bottle car'riers,'a plurality of resilient rigidly mounted rotatable label affixing fingers, means for moving said bottle carriers relatively to said label ailixing fingers, a label box,'a plurality of label carriers for carrying labels from said label box to said label atfixing fingers to be affixed thereby to bottles, a crank actuated arm for each of said label carriers, a label carrier arm mounted on each crank actuated arm,

means for moving said label carrier arms and label carriers relatively to the crank actuated arms to pick labels from said label box, and means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for controlling the movement of said label carrier arms and label carriers with relation to the label box, means for applying paste to said label carriers and means for wiping a label.

4. A labeling machine including a plurality of label carriers, a label box, a label carrier arm for each carrier, a crank actuated arm for each label carrier arm, a plurality of rotary pivotally'mounted bottle carriers, a plurality of label ai'fixing fingers including rigidly mounted resilient arms to receive labels from said label carriers, means for moving said bottle carriers relatively to said label affixing fingers to carry bottles into engagement with labels in said label afiixing fingers, means for moving said label carrier arms and label carriers relatively to said crank actuated arms to cause said label carriers to pick a label from said label. box, means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier to control said relative movement of said label carriers, means for supplying paste to said label carriers and means for wiping a label.

5. A labeling machine including a label carrier, a label box, means for supplying paste to said label carrier, a plurality of rotatable bottle carriers, a plurality of label afiixing fingers including rigidly mounted resilient arms, means for moving said label carrier to deposit a label on a label afiixing finger, said last mentioned means including a label carrier arm, and a crank actuated arm pivoting said carrier arm, means for moving said bottle carriers relatively to said label afiixing fingers to carry bottles into engagement with labels on said label afiixing fingers, means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for moving said label carrier relative to its crank actuated arm to pick a label from the label box, and means for wiping a label applied to a bottle.

6. A labeling machine including a label carrier, a label box, means for supplying paste to the label carrier, a plurality of rotatable bottle carriers, a plurality of label afiixing fingers, means for moving said label carrier to deposit a label on a label afiixing finger, said last mentioned means including a label carrier arm and a crank actuated arm pivoting said carrier arm, means for moving said bottle carriers relatively to said label affixing fingers to carry bottles into engagement with labels on said label afiixing fingers, means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for moving said label carriers relative to its crank actuated arm to pick a label from the label box and means for wiping a label applied to a bottle.

7. A labeling machine including a plurality of rotatable relatively movable bottle car:

riers and label afiixing fingers, a pair of label carriers, a label box, means for moving said label carriers to pick labels from the label box and carry same to the label afiixing fingers to be applied thereby to bottles, said means including label carrier arms, oppositely disposed crank connected arms to which said label carrier arms are movably connected and mechanism controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier to control the movement of said label carriers with respect to the label box.

8. A labeling machine including a plurality of rotatable relatively movable bottle carriers and label afiixing fingers, a label carrier, a label box, means for moving said label carrier to pick a label from said label box and apply same to a label alfixing finger to be afiixed thereby to a bottle, said means including a label carrier arm, a crank actuated arm movably connected thereto and mechanism controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier to control the movement of said label carrier with respect to said label box.

9. A labeling machine including a label box, means for carrying a label, a plurality of rotatable pivoted bottle carriers, a plurality of label affixing fingers to receive labels from said label carrying means, means for moving said bottle carriers with bottles into position to receive labels on the bottles, and means for retarding the bottle carriers with bottles relative to said'label afiixing fingers to release the bottles from said label afiixing fingers.

10. A labeling machine including a label box, means for carrying a label, a plurality of rotatable pivoted bottle carriers, a plurality of rotatable label afiixing fingers, means for maintaining said bottle carriers normally in a retarded position with respect to said label affixing fingers to receive bottles to be labeled, means for progressing said bottle carriers with bottles therein into position to receive labels from said label afiixing fingers, means for wiping labels so received, and means for retarding said bottles and bottle carriers to release the bottles from the label aifixing fingers.

11. A labeling machine including rotatable means for carrying bottles and for affixing labels thereon, a label box, a pair of label carriers for carrying labels from said label box to said label afiixing means, a crank actuated arm for each label carrier and means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for controlling the movement of said label carrier with respect to said label box.

12. A labeling machine including rotatable means for carrying bottles and for affixing labels thereon, a label box, a label carrier for carrying labels from said label box to said label afiixing means, a crank actuated arm for said label carrier and means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for controlling the movement of said label carrier with respect to said label box.

13. A labeling machine including means rotatable about a central shaft for carrying bottles and for ailixing labels thereon, a label box, a label carrier for carrying a label from said label box to said label aifixing means, and a crank actuated arm for moving said label carrier.

14. In combination With rotatable means for carrying bottles and for ailixing labels thereon, and a label box, a pair of crank actuated arms, a label carrier movable on each crank actuated arm for carrying labels from said label box to said label ailixing means, and means controlled by a bottle in a bottle carrier for controlling the movement of said label carriers With respect to their track actuated arms.

15. The combination with rotatable means for carrying bottles and for affixing labels tuated arms, a label carrier arm movable on.

each crank actuated arm, a label carrier on each label carrier arm for carrying a label to said label ailixing means, and means arranged in the path of movementor' said label carrier arms to be engaged thereby to fulcrum said arms to move said label carriers into position to pick labels from said label box. 7 r v 19. The combination with means for holding bottles and for a'llixing labels thereon, and a label box, of a crank actuated arm, a label carrier arm movable thereon, a label carrier on said label carrier arm and means arranged in the path of movement of said 7 label carrier arm to engage the same to move said label carrier into position to .pick a label from the label box. 7 V

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

, JOHN J. GAYNOR.

Witnesses:

G. HUGH Derry, A. L. ROSE.

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